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HenryBemis

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About HenryBemis

Time enough, at last!!! (not my real name)

Many-many-many times, I want to respond to a comment - I write up an answer.. most times it ends up being a LONG response (i.e. 500-1000 words). I leave the tab open. I re-read it and edit it, I do this a couple of times. When I have written up a 'good enough response', I close the tab and never post the response. I do this so I don't waste people's time with long responses, while giving me the time to think, rethink, read more about the topic, learn from the other responses, and the extra reading I've done. I blame Lex Fridman (and his darn questions) for this!! :)

(but sometimes.. sometimes.. I do hit the 'reply' button)

Hmm.. I see.. 24/2/2017, and today it's 23/2/2025.. 8 years..

(fun fact - the very day I added a (not-my-main) gmail in the email form, someone tried to 'get in', used recovery, etc. So.. "admins see your email below".. is a joke, and a bad one)

Recent public activity

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    Comment #49138900

    *caught me if you can't speak or write well, that's probably a good reason. I have rejected multiple CVs lately because the got so much generic/meaningless word salad, that I genui…

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    Comment #49138894

    > even a remote one I would say "especially a remote one". I think those days are gone. I see the 60 office-40 home being prevalent, and the 40% is more like a favor to you/us rath…

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    Comment #48788998

    This comment will not contribute anything, and/but it is a thought that I had a few days ago, and I cannot 'shake' it. We keep 'discovering', recognising, mapping, etc. And I feel …

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    Comment #48788914

    It's not hubris (for the engineer) in this case though. It is the fact that company X knows that its dept Y can thrive with 10 engineers, and stay afloat with 5 engineers, so the m…

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    Comment #48522593

    I see the segregation of duties falling apart. "My company" would hire that politician, set him on a nice office, air condition, unfiltered internet, an assistant, 4 SBUX coffees a…

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    Comment #48522518

    Your comment brought the song lyrics from Murder - Sepultura: ... Same hand that builds, destroys Same hand that relieves, betrays Same hand that seeds, burns Same peace that exist…

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    Comment #48141205

    If you have noticed, every independent candidate almost never gets elected. Vast majority of those who say they will "change the country to the better" either never get elected or …

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    Comment #47959123

    That is a great point. Machine consumes energy of adding goblins in every response. The machine consumes energy on removing goblins from every response. That is a great attack vect…

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    Comment #47822749

    hi, cool use-case! Question: do they have to type it, or one can upload an audio (old people such as me may talk for 5mins about a mini-story vs typing for 20mins, especially if th…

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    Comment #46552487

    We can't. If someone tries, then they get arrested for doxing, harassing, "causing discomfort", etc. Have you tried to follow a politician around? Do you want to try and track thei…

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    Comment #46552471

    I read the first 4-5. They either 'provide services' to govs/law enforcement, and/or are ran by govs. So to answer to your question, Nothing. You can write 100 letters to your sena…

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    Comment #46551783

    IMHO1: Notion is a Confluence+SharePoint+Jira with useless "AI" to quickly create templates. Anyone who uses it for your made-up use-case is silly, and has no sense of 'segregation…

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    Comment #46551566

    Why oh why do you not have a "pricing" page up front and center? Why oh why do we have to 'pay $1' to see the different (?) subscriptions? Why oh why do you force me to type in som…

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    Comment #45731286

    I asked Gemini and it gave me 8 and then I asked again and it gave me 9.

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    Comment #44580687

    Whoah.. -4.. Fun fact, I was internal auditor in a bank (I will not specify the year(s) for safety/privacy). We did the due diligence and ended up buying a Ukrainian bank. Part of …

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    Comment #44580336

    It's Ukraine. Are you aware of the "banks' debt collectors"? They had thugs knocking on your door (and your face) for an overdue loan payment; they would _of course_ use violence/t…

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    Comment #44580238

    I remember Steve Gibson saying some years back that the only reason USA doesn't (cyber-)'attack' Russia's train infra is the inability to 'hide the traces' of the attack, and it wo…

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    Comment #44579919

    I was reading a couple of days ago the Frank Miller's Robocop comic series. I laughed so hard at the comment/response of "Dr. Love" when asked "have you sold out?" and the response…

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    Comment #44572637

    I don't care about the anecdote and its origin (but I did read this and thank you for setting the record straight). I don't care about Bono either :) He's a singer in a band that o…

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    Comment #44572603

    The ads (and it's been debated) is (imho as well) a way to 'buy out those who can keep then in check'. Media/journalists are supposed to be doing that. But when your chief editor t…

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    Comment #44571017

    Having worked as IA in plenty of banks, I can only say "no good deed goes unpunished". My friendly suggestion is that when you involve cunts in the dialogue (regulators, legal dept…

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    Comment #44570875

    > If your team always wins, why do you care? Betting/gambling. Also talking shit to your friends in the pub which support the 'other' team (in a (friendly) banter). I remember when…

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    Comment #44570119

    Books: Siddartha: to think about myself and my changes/voyage through life. Half-time: to think what-the-hell-comes-next (only if you are 40+)(it won't resonate with a 20yo) System…

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    Comment #44568629

    The politicians are getting funded/paid (lobbying/donations) by the very same people/companies that pay the ad revenue to those media. Why on earth would politicians legislate agai…

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